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Give Today

Give Today is a simple and effective way of allowing people to donate items from our most needed list directly to us. Items that we have listed and then bought by donors are sourced by Give Today from ethical suppliers and delivered directly to our warehouse. The platform is free for us to use (for […]

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Essentials Guarantee

Our current campaign is to see an Essentials Guarantee. The basic rate of Universal Credit should at least cover the cost of essentials like food, household bills and travel, but it is not currently set according to any objective assessment of what people need. This is only £91 a week for a single adult. That […]

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Unauthorised Collections taking place. Please be aware.

An article has been published today in the Evening News and we would also like to release the following statement: Norwich Foodbank statement regarding fraudulent door-to-door collections “It has come to our attention that a woman claiming to be collecting on behalf of Norwich Foodbank has been going door-to-door in communities in the NR3 area […]

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Summer Newsletter

Welcome to the newsletter of Norwich foodbank. We hope you will find this to be of interest whether our local Christian charity is new to you or you are a regular supporter. A really big THANK YOU to everyone who supports us—our volunteers, donors of food, toiletries and money, those who pray for us, invite […]

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Foodbank Prayer Letter: July 2024

Psalm chapter 71 verses 1-6 Be a rock of refuge for me, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and fortress. Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive. For You are my hope, Lord God, […]

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Big Norfolk Holiday Fun

The Big Norfolk Holiday Fun (BNHF) activity programme provides holiday activities for children and young people aged 5-16 (or 4 if your child is slightly younger but in school) in Norfolk. Children who receive benefits-related free school meals can claim free spaces on the activities, whilst paid spots are available on many activities for those […]

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Volunteering at Norwich Foodbank

We are incredibly grateful to our team of volunteers – approximately 180 people help in a variety of roles including weekly, monthly and ad hoc tasks. Our volunteers have different reasons for getting involved and we spoke to Teresa and Greg about their motivations. My first experience of Foodbank was when as a family, including […]

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Spring Newsletter

Welcome to the newsletter of Norwich foodbank. We hope you will find this to be of interest whether our local Christian charity is new to you or you are a regular supporter. A really big THANK YOU to everyone who supports us—our volunteers, donors of food, toiletries and money, those who pray for us, invite […]

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BanktheFood

You may have seen our recent campaign ‘BanktheFood’ which is based around the concept of raising the profile of real-time food needs at Norwich Foodbank. The app is free to download on your mobile phone and alerts you of the items our foodbank would appreciate; you can opt into receiving alerts when you enter a […]

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Scouts in the Warehouse

We regularly have groups in our warehouse to get hands-on experience of what we do and how we work and to encourage ongoing relationships. Most recently we hosted Hethersett Scouts, weighing in donations and making single parcels, ensuring they were reading the picking lists, as we had purposefully picked some of the wrong items to […]

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